| MADAMEDEFARGE | The primary antagonist in A Tale of Two Cities (6,7) |
| CRIMSON | The -------King, the primary antagonist of Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels (7) |
| AKIHIRO | The primary antagonist of Digimon Data Squad, and the birth name of supervillain Daken (7) |
| DARTHVADER | Primary antagonist in the original trilogy of Star Wars who saves his son Luke Skywalker by sacrificing his life: 2 wds. |
| SMAUG | Dragon and primary antagonist in J R R Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit |
| CHARLESDARNAY | 'A Tale of Two Cities' character |
| DEFARGE | Madame --, wife of Ernest in 'A Tale of Two Cities' (7) |
| BESTOFTIMES | Charles Dickens's opening in A Tale of Two Cities; It was the... (4,2,5) |
| OUTCOME | In Paris where leading characters in A Tale of Two Cities, for instance, produced result (7) |
| PROSS | Miss ___, Lucie Manette's governess in A Tale of Two Cities (5) |
| CARTON | Container featured in A Tale of Two Cities (6) |
| LUCIE | ___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| MANETTE | Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| LUCIEMANETTE | In A Tale of Two Cities, ____ marries Charles Darnay |
| PIPER | The Pied ___ of Hamelin, the main character in a tale of a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away |
| DARN | Carton's counterpart in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| PEEVISH | "I am determined to be ____ after my long day's botheration" (Mr Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities) |
| TWEETY | Animated yellow canary seen in Looney Tunes who first appeared in A Tale of Two Kitties |
| STY | No alternative in a tale of a filthy place (3) |
| GOLDILOCKS | Human in a tale of anthropomorphic bears |
